Everyone should be made to look at this every week
Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2021 11:15 pm
by bxman
4.5 mins to help save humanity from it self but it will not .
it is determined to leave it to someone else
Re: Everyone should be made to look at this every week
Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 10:12 am
by Adokforme
Thanks for posting bx, puts matters in perspective, doesn't it!
We've already pledged not to fly again, or at least until it's FF free. No big deal I know but it's no the end of the world for us.
But sadly, if the majority of mankind doesn't take heed, it will be!
Re: Everyone should be made to look at this every week
Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 11:01 am
by Stan
I thought that he had made a mistake when estimating 288 tonnes of fuel but no; at cruise a 747 uses 10/11 tonnes per hour. I dare say that it’s a lot thirstier getting up there.
Re: Everyone should be made to look at this every week
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2021 3:15 pm
by bxman
I hope everyone will agree this one should have an similar treatment
IMO a balanced warning of our probable future
Re: Everyone should be made to look at this every week
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2021 6:01 pm
by Oliver90owner
Apart from those difficulties described, a 3 degree rise would - in all probability - be sufficient to trigger a thermal runaway situation.